First time we heard about the swine flu – Mexican flu – as it was called those days, my Mexican sister in law told us not to worry, as the flu only kills the poor people that don’t have access to basic medical treatment.
That was then… Latest outbreaks of swine flu are indicated on Google’s operated swine flu map.
Meanwhile Australia reported their 29th death swine flu patient out of about 11,000 confirmed cases nationwide. The last few patients that passed away lived in Sydney. Knowing that Australian health care is easy accessible to its citizens, we can no longer ignore that the swine flu is "only a poor men’s problem".
Add to that from the about 1000 confirmed cases in Malaysia, half are imported by tourists of which roughly half come from Australia.
For those who want to be better safe than sorry: avoid being in airports and avoid destinations to or hub airports between Australia and the rest of the world.
Do like me: avoid flying all together.
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